It was such a nice surprise to open email earlier today to find a note from teacher-librarian, Jessica Bonin, who led the Grade 2 students at Spruceland Traditional Elementary in Prince George through The Christmas Wind Story Project along with their teacher, Inderpal Manhas. Jessica wrote, “Thank you so much for the opportunity to work with […]

Great article in The Sherbrooke Record today profiling the Quebec Christmas Wind class at Lennoxville Elementary in Sherbrooke, QC. Listen to a CBC interview with this class by clicking the middle image below.

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I want to convey to you how powerful this program has been for those involved. One teacher reflected that, “So much of the fun stuff I used to do – themes and special projects – are gone now to make way for progress monitoring, prompt writing for moderated marking, data collection, triangulation. In a year when […]

April 5/16 – Leonard Linklater of CBC Radio One Whitehorse interviewed Grade 3 teacher Barb Reid and her students who have been participating in The Christmas Wind Story Project at Grey Mountain Primary School in Whitehorse, Yukon

Mangilaluk Elementary School students pose with drawings they created after listening to the Christmas Wind Radio Show. Back row from left is Landon Brooks, Sean Arey, Chery Chicksi, Peter Selamio and Natalie Avik. Middle row from left is Kenneth Keevik, Edward Pokiak, Maizlyn Loreen, Mona Lisa Felix and Irene Illisiak. Front row from left […]

March 18/16 – CBC Saint John Morning interviewed Grade 1-2 teacher, Holly Matthews, who has been leading The Christmas Wind Story Project with her students at Campobello Island Consolidated School in Wilsons Beach, New Brunswick